Tahlklie and Polaklie/TALAPUS AND POLAKLI

[Scott Tyler, M.D.]

LaXayam wawa chakinac(jargonauts)
THE TOPIC LATELY HAS BEEN TALAPUS AND POLAKLI
I REWORKED A POEM DO NOT KNOW IF IT FLOWS ANY DIFFERENTLY,
OR MEANS ANY MORE OR LESS.
AN ODD WORD OR TWO COMES FROM GILL'S--WHOM I WAS TOLD IS NOT
A REAL ACCURATE SOURCE.
I DEBATE WITH MY SELF ABOUT SHORTENING YAKA  TO YA, ETC.
SEE BELOW--CONSTRUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE FEED BACK MUCH APPRECIATED.
tloosh nanich
scott

ta.lapas

ta.lapas
   tlu.sh mayka sha.ntey
		coyote you'd better sing
mayka munk cha.ku. tla.x cilcil
		you make the stars appear
na ta.lis sha.ntey
		my darling sing
mayka munk mitxwit u.tlam
		you make the moon rise
o.pica sha.ntey
		beloved sing
mayka ma.mu.k cha.ku. win'
   ya ko.l
		you make the cold winds
o. ta.lapas ya.wa
   alta deleyt si.ya
		O coyote so far away

		* hilu hihi na tamtam  Do not play with my heart
hi.lu. munk la.la. nayka ta.mta.m
   spu.s wik' e.na. ka.kwa
		don't torment me
mayka mayi.na oqoq
   ya tenas la.tla.
	your soft song
   spu.s yaka tla.wa alta
   pi. tla.wa ma.mu.k mu.sam nesayka
		lulls us to sleep
   pi. pa.hl kwa.n ki.wa mayka wa.wa.
		peaceful because you call
mayka ma.mu.k sku.kam wa.wa.
   spu.s cha.ku. pole.tli
   spu.s daka. ya ko.
		you announce night fall and dawn tide
ta.lapas
  ma.si. mayka sha.ntey
		coyote thank you for singing
ooshtaqi

* san = sun = daka in Makah


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tony Johnson [SMTP:Tony.Johnson at GRANDRONDE.ORG]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 21, 2002 8:17 AM
> To:	CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> Subject:	Re: Tahlklie and Polaklie
>
> Khanawi-Laksta,
>
> Just a quick note.  This is one of the obvious problems with using an
> English orthography for Chinuk Wawa.  The words 'ta7anLki' and 'pulakli'
> clearly don't share the relationship that one would assume by reading the
> old dictionaries.  This is not bashing the authors, just noting that they
> had a limited alphabet to choose from.
>
> Tony A. Johnson
> sawash-ili7i
>
>
> >>> Mike Cleven <ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM> 02/19/02 06:43AM >>>
> Klahowya konaway tillikums.
>
> Editing (well, actually reformatting) some pages tonight and happened
> across "tahlklie" (yesterday) and "polaklie" (evening, night, darkness)
> and couldn't helpt but guess that they're related; I'm wondering what
> the exact etymology is the "-klie" ending and the "tahl-" and "pola-"
> bits.  Is this Chinookan?
>
> Tomolla is of course CJ for "tomorrow"; but was there another word,
> perhaps a "-klie" word, for "tomorrow" in the source language?
>
>
> --
> Mike Cleven
> http://www.cayoosh.net (Bridge River Lillooet history)
> http://www.hiyu.net (Chinook Jargon phrasebook/history)